Biography:
JOHNNYSWIM is a Nashville based duo composed of Amanda Sudano and Abner Ramirez. The two began writing and singing together in the spring of 2006 and found that their similar influences of folk, soul, and rock blended together lusciously. Nashville newspaper "the Tennesean" describes JOHNNYSWIM as ,"A mix of Lauryn Hill and John Mayer." Influences are, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, Thom Yorke, Coldplay, John Legend, John Mayer, Bob Dylan, Feist, Robin Thicke, Shangrala.
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Other songs:
- Adelina
- Annie
- Bridges
- Closer
- Diamonds
- Dont Keep Heaven Busy
- Dont Let It Get You Down
- Falling For Me
- First Try
- Georgica Pond
- Goodbye Road
- Heart Beats
- Home
- Hummingbird
- I Wish You Love
- In My Arms
- Just Your Memory
- Let It Matter
- Live While Were Young
- Lonely Night In Georgia
- Make
- Over
- Paris In June
- Rescue You
- Ring The Bells
- Say Goodnight Instead
- Summertime Romance
- Take The World
- Touching Heaven
- Trouble
- Villains
- You And I
Home – Johnnyswim
Interpretation by Stephen O’Hora
It’s played with some flourishes on the G chord at the end of every other line:
Strum: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (?) ? ? ?
e|-----3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3-|
B|-----0----0--1--0--1--0--0--1-----0--0--0-|
G|-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0-|
D|-----0----0--2--0--2--0--0--2-----0--0--0-|
A|-----2----2--X--2--X--2--2--X-----2--2--2-|
E|--3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3-|
(G) (G)(C)(G)(C)(G)(G)(C) (G)
He's basically just moving back and forth between G-shape and C-shape really quickly. It's easy to get the
rhythm if you listen to the song.
[Verse 1]
F C G C
Right 'round the corner down by the canyon
F C G
I met a man who lost his way
F C G C
Said "I’m Saul, born the son of a sailor
F C G
Who never showed me his face
F C G C
My daddy’s gone and my momma met her maker
F C G
Oh to hell with that place"
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F C F C
So I said "Quit your talking, your sideways walking
F C G
Time to find another path to take
F C F C
Quit your whining your blood-shot crying
F C G
Faking like you're dying never pays"
[Chorus 1]
G
Just go ho----me
F C G
You need you some home
C F C G
Oh you need you some home
[Verse 2]
F C G C
Her name was Peggy Sue and her Daddy hung the moon
F C G
In her eyes he could no wrong
F C G (one strum down)
But then he started drinking like there’s a message in the bottle
F C G
Now Daddy’s painting Peggy black and blue
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F C
She closes her eyes
F C
Through the hero's demise
F C G
Holds to a hope beyond the sky
F C
She takes a breath
F C
Weight comes off her chest
F C G
She finds a way to weather through the storm
[Chorus 2]
G
She cried out "Ho----me
F C G
I need me some home
C F C G
Oh I need me some home"
[Verse 3]
F C G C
I found myself on a train to California
F C G
At twenty-five years of age
F C G (one strum down)
Sat beside me was a lovely rose, a wanderer
F C G
Two's always better they say
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F C
So we made our plans
F C
She gave me her hand
F C G
We ain’t got no time for looking back
F C
I was bruised and beaten
F C
Lost for many reasons
F C G
Only love would make you understand
[Chorus 3]
G
Ho----me
F C G
I love me some home
C F C G
I love me some home
F C G C
Yeah I love me some home
F C G
[Ending]
F C
We're all bruised and beaten
F C
Lost on account of many reasons
F C G
But only love will make you understand
G N.C. F C G
Ho------me I love me some home
C F C G
Oh I love me some home
F C G
Yeah I love me some home
C F C G
Oh I love me some home
C G C
Love me some home!
Interpretation by Stephen O’Hora
It’s played with some flourishes on the G chord at the end of every other line:
Strum: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (?) ? ? ?
e|-----3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3-|
B|-----0----0--1--0--1--0--0--1-----0--0--0-|
G|-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0-|
D|-----0----0--2--0--2--0--0--2-----0--0--0-|
A|-----2----2--X--2--X--2--2--X-----2--2--2-|
E|--3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3-|
(G) (G)(C)(G)(C)(G)(G)(C) (G)
He's basically just moving back and forth between G-shape and C-shape really quickly. It's easy to get the
rhythm if you listen to the song.
[Verse 1]
F C G C
Right 'round the corner down by the canyon
F C G
I met a man who lost his way
F C G C
Said "I’m Saul, born the son of a sailor
F C G
Who never showed me his face
F C G C
My daddy’s gone and my momma met her maker
F C G
Oh to hell with that place"
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F C F C
So I said "Quit your talking, your sideways walking
F C G
Time to find another path to take
F C F C
Quit your whining your blood-shot crying
F C G
Faking like you're dying never pays"
[Chorus 1]
G
Just go ho----me
F C G
You need you some home
C F C G
Oh you need you some home
[Verse 2]
F C G C
Her name was Peggy Sue and her Daddy hung the moon
F C G
In her eyes he could no wrong
F C G (one strum down)
But then he started drinking like there’s a message in the bottle
F C G
Now Daddy’s painting Peggy black and blue
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F C
She closes her eyes
F C
Through the hero's demise
F C G
Holds to a hope beyond the sky
F C
She takes a breath
F C
Weight comes off her chest
F C G
She finds a way to weather through the storm
[Chorus 2]
G
She cried out "Ho----me
F C G
I need me some home
C F C G
Oh I need me some home"
[Verse 3]
F C G C
I found myself on a train to California
F C G
At twenty-five years of age
F C G (one strum down)
Sat beside me was a lovely rose, a wanderer
F C G
Two's always better they say
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F C
So we made our plans
F C
She gave me her hand
F C G
We ain’t got no time for looking back
F C
I was bruised and beaten
F C
Lost for many reasons
F C G
Only love would make you understand
[Chorus 3]
G
Ho----me
F C G
I love me some home
C F C G
I love me some home
F C G C
Yeah I love me some home
F C G
[Ending]
F C
We're all bruised and beaten
F C
Lost on account of many reasons
F C G
But only love will make you understand
G N.C. F C G
Ho------me I love me some home
C F C G
Oh I love me some home
F C G
Yeah I love me some home
C F C G
Oh I love me some home
C G C
Love me some home!
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